high five

noun phrase

A way of greeting or congratulating by slapping raised palms together •Chiefly used by and adopted from athletes, who themselves adopted the style from black colleagues: handshaking, even a few high-fives from the younger alums

verb phrase

GIVE someone FIVE: Roberts is not the kind to engage in trash-talking or high-fiving

The Dictionary of American Slang, Fourth Edition by Barbara Ann Kipfer, PhD. and Robert L. Chapman, Ph.D.Copyright (C) 2007 by HarperCollins Publishers.Cite This Source